Neuroenhancement in “natural” and tech forms We live in a society obsessed with self-improvement—and in the midst of advancing biotechnologies, optimized decision making, and complex mechanizations, meditation has erupted around the world, even emerging as the fastest growing health trend in America. Meditation as a neuroenhancer seems a natural, nonthreatening alternative to an imagined cyberpunk future where …
I’ve always been bothered by mess. It interferes with my thinking. But today I have technology on my side. Let AI deal with it, while my mind maintains its resources for other projects. I am tired of household tasks chipping away at my attention and time. I put the camera on and take a picture …
When people think of AI, a prevalent first image often is of things we do not trust. Crashes involving self-driving cars (especially those that are fatal) continuously fuel wariness of autonomous cars. Allowing autonomous weapons to be responsible for making decisions on human life feels fundamentally wrong. Distrust in voting machines during the 2020 U.S. presidential elections sparked controversy and active protests. …
Through the lens of being vulnerable, perhaps because an AI is not able to understand emotions in the same way another human can, we feel less vulnerable baring ourselves emotionally to AI—they do not understand, so they cannot judge or use it against us. For example, people reveal personal thoughts to AI that they wouldn’t …
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In Work Clean, Dan Charnas talks about Mise en Place – the organizational system that chefs use to deliver meals under high pressure and time restrictions. He then attempts to transfer some of these lessons to office work, and to understand how the self-discipline of chefs could also help the modern office worker keep a cleaner …
The rise of remote work has prompted companies to embrace social AI to boost employee engagement and productivity. Is this cause for celebration or concern? Like it or not, remote work is the new normal. Covid-19 has seen to that, forcing organizations to embrace the distributed workforce. The abruptness of the shift has provided little …
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Many people’s work day brings with it a high level of information complexity. Have you ever felt slightly lost in front of your many projects and not known where exactly to pick the thread back up again? Our quasi-instant access to a lot of information is a thing of beauty, but we are also paying …
Can artificial intelligence help maintain your mental health? Can it predict and understand when we may need help? ‘Predictive maintenance’ is a concept gaining ground in manufacturing and business circles. Its essence is this: thanks to technologies like artificial intelligence and the internet of things, it is now possible to continuously monitor every aspect of …
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It may be because of how much we like stories about creation, that at times we find creativity to be mystical. We remember that Archimedes was given a crown by Hieron, the king of Siracuse, and asked to prove whether it was made of pure gold, or figure out if the goldsmith had mixed other …
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The fight for attention is real. In the attention driven economy, most businesses attempt to hack a piece of our attention – be it with a side add on the page you wanted to read, with a video add interrupting the video you actually wanted to watch, or with smart content on social media or …
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